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  • "Under the blankets, in the top of the grub-box, my tea-pail."

    The Huntress Hulbert Footner 1911

  • Hang your tea-pail, with the proper quantity of water, from one slanting pole, and your kettle from the other.

    The Forest Stewart Edward White 1909

  • The ideal outfit for two or three is a cup, fork, and spoon apiece, one tea-pail, two kettle-pails, and a frying-pan.

    The Forest Stewart Edward White 1909

  • He came tramping along on snowshoes with his little hunting toboggan behind him on which was lashed his caribou robe, his tea-pail, his kit bag, and a haunch of young moose as a present to Amik and his wife.

    The Drama of the Forests Romance and Adventure Arthur Henry Howard Heming 1905

  • Before rebaiting it, however, he built a fire to boil his tea-pail, and sat down to eat his lunch.

    The Drama of the Forests Romance and Adventure Arthur Henry Howard Heming 1905

  • He made no reply, but getting out his frying-pan and tea-pail, his only utensils, he set about preparing his evening meal.

    The Sky Pilot in No Man's Land Ralph Connor 1898

  • His blanket roll containing his grub, with frying-pan and tea-pail attached, lay at his feet; his rifle beside it.

    The Sky Pilot in No Man's Land Ralph Connor 1898

  • The man laid down his frying-pan and tea-pail, and walked with Duff toward his camp.

    The Sky Pilot in No Man's Land Ralph Connor 1898

  • The toast stood in brown heaps on birch-bark plates beside the fire, and baskets were carried out of the shanty bulging with cakes; the tea was bubbling in the big tin tea-pail, and everything was ready for the feast.

    The Man from Glengarry; a tale of the Ottawa Ralph Connor 1898

  • But Ranald had caught Mrs. Murray's eye, and at a sign from her, stood waiting with the tea-pail in his hand.

    The Man from Glengarry; a tale of the Ottawa Ralph Connor 1898

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